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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
402 AM CST WED FEB 4 2004
...WINTER STORM POSSIBILITIES PROMPT A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE
AREA...
.ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING SNOW TO NORTHERN MISSOURI AND CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND A MIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STORM
CENTER IS QUITE COMPLEX AND THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS
AS TO MOISTURE...TEMPERATURE PROFILES AND LONGEVITY...HOWEVER MUCH OF
MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS APPEARS VULNERABLE TO A CONSIERABLE AMOUNT OF
WINTER PRECIPITATION AS THE STORM MOVES OUR WAY. IT DOES APPEAR IT
WILL TAP THE GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE AS IT MOVES INTO THE
PLAINS...AND AS IT DOES SO...WILL MOVE AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION INTO
THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
THE AIR WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS
SNOW. HOWEVER...SOME WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY FAR
ENOUGH NORTH INTO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
TO ALLOW FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO MIX WITH THE SNOW.
THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
ICE AND SNOW.
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-
CRAWFORD MO-FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-GREENE IL-IRON MO-JEFFERSON MO-
JERSEY IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-LINCOLN MO-MADISON MO-MADISON IL-
MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE MO-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-
PIKE MO-PIKE IL-RALLS MO-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS MO-SHELBY MO-
ST. CHARLES MO-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WARREN MO-WASHINGTON MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...FARMINGTON...
HANNIBAL...JEFFERSON CITY...ST. CHARLES...ST. LOUIS AND UNION
402 AM CST WED FEB 4 2004
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY
EVENING...
A WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TEND TO BE
MOST PREDOMINANT ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROLLA MISSOURI TO
BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS...WHILE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TEND TO MIX
IN MORE FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE.
WITH THIS STORM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS TO RECEIVE 6 OR
MORE INCHES OF SNOW...ACROSS CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WHERE THESE AREAS WILL
TEND TO RECEIVE ALL SNOW. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A
DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW IN AREAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
THIS STORM MAY ALSO BE SLOW TO TAPER OFF AND END THURSDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT 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...JUST IN CASE THE STORM MAKES TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
402 AM CST WED FEB 4 2004
...WINTER STORM POSSIBILITIES PROMPT A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE
AREA...
.ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT BRINGING SNOW TO NORTHERN MISSOURI AND CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND A MIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STORM
CENTER IS QUITE COMPLEX AND THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS
AS TO MOISTURE...TEMPERATURE PROFILES AND LONGEVITY...HOWEVER MUCH OF
MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS APPEARS VULNERABLE TO A CONSIERABLE AMOUNT OF
WINTER PRECIPITATION AS THE STORM MOVES OUR WAY. IT DOES APPEAR IT
WILL TAP THE GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE AS IT MOVES INTO THE
PLAINS...AND AS IT DOES SO...WILL MOVE AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION INTO
THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
THE AIR WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS
SNOW. HOWEVER...SOME WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY FAR
ENOUGH NORTH INTO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
TO ALLOW FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO MIX WITH THE SNOW.
THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
ICE AND SNOW.
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN MO-BOONE MO-BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-
CRAWFORD MO-FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-GREENE IL-IRON MO-JEFFERSON MO-
JERSEY IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-LINCOLN MO-MADISON MO-MADISON IL-
MARION MO-MONITEAU MO-MONROE MO-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY MO-OSAGE MO-
PIKE MO-PIKE IL-RALLS MO-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS MO-SHELBY MO-
ST. CHARLES MO-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WARREN MO-WASHINGTON MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...COLUMBIA...FARMINGTON...
HANNIBAL...JEFFERSON CITY...ST. CHARLES...ST. LOUIS AND UNION
402 AM CST WED FEB 4 2004
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY
EVENING...
A WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TEND TO BE
MOST PREDOMINANT ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROLLA MISSOURI TO
BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS...WHILE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TEND TO MIX
IN MORE FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE.
WITH THIS STORM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS TO RECEIVE 6 OR
MORE INCHES OF SNOW...ACROSS CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WHERE THESE AREAS WILL
TEND TO RECEIVE ALL SNOW. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A
DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW IN AREAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
THIS STORM MAY ALSO BE SLOW TO TAPER OFF AND END THURSDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT 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...JUST IN CASE THE STORM MAKES TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS.
I might have to use a pesonal day !!!! Not worth trashing the ride... 