URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
223 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-MARION MO-PIKE IL-SHELBY MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL...QUINCY
223 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY EVENING WITH SNOW CONTINUING ON SUNDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES... OVERPASSES...AND UNTREATED ROADS. PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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.