Winter Storm Warning For The Omaha Valley

POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-
LANCASTER-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...
WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH
1005 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THIS
UPGRADES THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES
AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIME WITH UP TO AN INCH OR
MORE OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN AN HOUR. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES
ARE FORECAST BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WINDS INCREASING DURING THE DAY COULD ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO TONIGHT.
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.
FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-
RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...NEBRASKA CITY...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
FALLS CITY
1005 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...
ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA BEFORE
NOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE
SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY. WINDS INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY INTO TONIGHT.
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.
MONONA-THURSTON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...PENDER...STANTON...WEST POINT...
TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER
1005 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BEFORE TAPERING
TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE MODERATE AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON
COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
HARRISON-SHELBY-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...FREMONT...
BLAIR...DAVID CITY
1005 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BEFORE TAPERING
TO FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SNOW TOTALS OF OF 3 TO
6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON COULD
CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO TONIGHT.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
...HEAVY SNOW HEADING FOR IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE
INTO MISSOURI BY THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO INDIANA
BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY
SNOW TO THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF IOWA.
BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-
POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-
UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAVERLY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...
WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...
INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...
CHARITON...ALBIA..OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...
CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
1007 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
WEDNESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN IOWA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL FROM CORYDON TO JUST SOUTH OF OSKALOOSA
WHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ONE TO TWO INCHES
OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS WHERE
THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR.
THERE WILL THEN BE A BRIEF RESPITE BEFORE SNOW BEGINS AGAIN IN
EARNEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SLEET OR RAIN MAY BE
MIXED WITH THE SNOW INITIALLY OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COUNTIES...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. EXPECT PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDER
MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
EVENING MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CENTERVILLE TO
OSKALOOSA.
LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CORYDON TO MONTEZUMA CAN EXPECT 10
TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN LOCAL
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. NORTHWEST OF THAT AND SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM SOUTH OF ATLANTIC TO WAVERLY 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
AN INCREASING NORTHERLY WIND WILL ALSO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...ADDING TO THE TRAVEL HAZARD.
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES.
THE HEAVY WET SNOW EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CORYDON TO
MONTEZUMA COMBINED WITH THE PREVIOUS RECENT SNOWFALL WILL ADD
SIGNIFICANT STRESS TO ROOFTOPS. AS A RESULT WEAKER STRUCTURES MAY
COLLAPSE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL.
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.
WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...
FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...
AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ATLANTIC
1007 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM
CST WEDNESDAY...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM
CST WEDNESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. BY THIS EVENING...
PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE LIKELY AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOWFALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY IS
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
AN INCREASING NORTHERLY WIND WILL ALSO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...ADDING TO THE TRAVEL
HAZARD. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES.
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
FAB
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA...
.A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA TO STERLING ILLINOIS LINE. STRONG
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY CAUSING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...GALENA...
FREEPORT..MOUNT CARROLL
1022 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND IS EXPECTED TO
FALL ROUGHLY ALONG AN AXIS FROM SIGOURNEY IOWA TO FREEPORT
ILLINOIS. SNOW TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS
AXIS...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST WHERE MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FOR LONGER. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT
THUNDERSNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WHICH WOULD INCREASE SNOW
TOTALS LOCALLY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT.
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-
LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....
FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1022 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW THIS EVENING SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD IOWA TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL ROUGHLY ALONG AN AXIS FROM
SIGOURNEY IOWA TO FREEPORT ILLINOIS. SNOW TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AXIS...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FOR LONGER. THERE
IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT THUNDERSNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS
EVENING...WHICH WOULD INCREASE SNOW TOTALS LOCALLY. WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY CAUSING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY...SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE...SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT.
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO PRODUCE MAJOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST FROM THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
SLOWLY COOL BELOW FREEZING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CHANGING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY
OVER TO A WINTRY MIX AND SNOW TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ABOVE THE COLD
AIR AT THE SURFACE...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE FED INTO THE DEEPENING STORM...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A MAJOR
WINTER STORM TONIGHT.
CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF KANSAS...
NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN IOWA MAINLY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION IN AN 80 MILE WIDE CORRIDOR SITUATED ALONG A ST.
JOSEPH TO PRINCETON LINE. INCREASING SURFACE WINDS WILL LEAD TO
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DROP SHARPLY TOWARD THE MISSOURI RIVER...
AND THESE AREAS MAY ALSO SEE SOME MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-
WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-PLATTE-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
KANSAS CITY KS...TARKIO...ROCKPORT...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...
ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...
LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...
GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON..MILAN...GREEN CITY...
KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...KINGSTON...HAMILTON...
POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...
WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
903 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
12 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM
CST WEDNESDAY.
THE RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW THIS MORNING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ST
JOSEPH TO GALLATIN. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES
THIS MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. TO THE SOUTHEAST...THE RAIN MAY
MIX WITH SNOW AND SLEET LATE THIS MORNING.
BY LATE AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION WILL STEADILY INCREASE WITH MAINLY
SNOW NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ST JOSEPH TO BETHANY AND A MIXTURE OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ELSEWHERE. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE INCH WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF
INCH OF ICE AND SLEET.
PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING AND
WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS LEADING TO
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
CURRENT FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE
BETWEEN 6 AND 9 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT
EASTERN KANSAS...SEVERELY IMPACTING THE I-29 AND I-35 CORRIDORS
NORTH OF KANSAS CITY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH
COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN KANSAS...
NORTHERN MISSOURI AND IOWA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF
SLEET OF FREEZING RAIN...ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.