Winter Storm Warning
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
448 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013
…SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY…
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST 6 TO 10 INCHES…WITH POSSIBLY 12 INCHES OR MORE JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE KANSAS
CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND POINTS WEST SOUTHWESTWARD. ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE BROAD SWATH OF 6 TO 10 INCHES…LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING…SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WARNING AREA… ALTHOUGH SOME LOCAL AREAS OF AROUND 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS…STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH…COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL…WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN SNOWPACKED ROADS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Rescue 5 responded to the 1000 block of NE 470RD to an alarm of an elderly female patient whom is incoherent. The patient was later transported by Unit 18 to GVMH ER for further treatment and evaluation.
