URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
430 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
...MORE WINTER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY
BOONE-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE-CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-GASCONADE-WARREN-
FRANKLIN-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY...UNION
430 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH VERY MILD TEMPERATURES WILL BLANKET THE REGION TODAY...A
RETURN OF WINTER CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THIS RETURN OF WINTER WILL OCCUR IN TWO WAVES.
THE FIRST WAVE WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE FORM OF SLEET
AND SNOW...AND HEAVY SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR AT THIS TIME.
THE WINTER CONDITIONS MAY TAPER OFF FOR A TIME MONDAY
EVENING...BUT OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT THE NEXT ROUND OF WINTER
WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...THIS TIME IN THE FORM OF HEAVY
SNOW.
THE WEATHER PATTERN THAT WILL GIVE THE REGION THIS THREAT OF
WINTER WEATHER IS VERY COMPLEX...AND SUBTLE SHIFTS IN THE LOCATION
OF THE COLD AIR OR THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE MAY MAKE FOR
LARGE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS OVER A VERY SHORT DISTANCE.
THEREFORE...PEOPLE IN THE WATCH ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV...ALONG WITH CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
ON THIS STORM.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...IT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS A
CERTAINTY. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING IN CASE
THE STORM DOES MATERIALIZE. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANNED...YOU MAY
WANT TO ADJUST YOUR TRAVEL TIME TO AVOID THE STORM. ALSO...YOU
SHOULD USE THIS ADVANCED NOTICE TO MAKE CERTAIN YOUR VEHICLE IS
WINTERIZED. MAKE PREPARATIONS AT HOME BY STOCKING EMERGENCY
SUPPLIES...SUCH AS FOOD...MEDICINE...AND EXTRA HEATING FUEL...
JUST IN CASE THE STORM MAKES TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS.
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