SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
325 PM CST THU FEB 27 2014
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-272330-
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-
MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-
CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX MO-
LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-
LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-
ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-
WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-
MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...VANDALIA...SALEM...
CHESTER...QUINCY...EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...HANNIBAL...
BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...ST CHARLES...
UNION...ST LOUIS...FARMINGTON
325 PM CST THU FEB 27 2014
...STRONG WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS
WEEKEND...
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST DATA CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT A STRONG
WINTER STORM WILL BE IMPACTING THE AREA LATE THIS WEEKEND. IT NOW
APPEARS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SATURDAY
NIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...BEFORE WINDING
DOWN EARLY MONDAY.
THIS STORM HAS ALL THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS TO BE A MAJOR WINTER
WEATHER MAKER. IN GENERAL...IT APPEARS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTH.
UNFORTUNATELY...THE ONE IMPORTANT UNKNOWN IS THE EXACT
TEMPERATURE PROFILE OF THE ATMOSPHERE LATE IN THE WEEKEND...WHICH
WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE A SPECIFIC LOCATION
WILL RECEIVE. THIS UNKNOWN MAKES FORECASTING SPECIFIC SNOW AND/OR
ICE AMOUNTS IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS TIME.
WHILE ITS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE
OVER A SPECIFIC AREA...THOSE IN OR PLANNING TO TRAVEL THROUGH MISSOURI
AND ILLINOIS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER IS ON THE
WAY...AND CAREFULLY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
REGARDING THE UPCOMING ONSLAUGHT OF LATE SEASON WINTER WEATHER.
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TRUETT/KANOFSKY/GOSSELIN
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