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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2004
...POTENTIAL FOR MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA STARTING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY...
.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL FORM OVER NORTHERN TEXAS DURING THE
PREDAWN HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING AND BEGIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD
SUNDAY EVENING. AS WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IS
DRAWN NORTHWARD BY THIS STORM...IT WILL RIDE UP OVER TOP OF THE COLD
AIR WHICH HAS BEEN ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
DAYS. AS A RESULT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE THE PRIMARY
CONCERNS WITH THIS STORM. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY
IN THE FORECAST. THE WARM MOIST FLOW FROM THE SOUTH MAY BE ENOUGH
TO PUSH THE COLD AIR FAR ENOUGH NORTH THAT PORTIONS OF THE AREA MAY
NOT SEE MUCH FROZEN OR FREEZING PRECIPITATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR
UPDATES ON THIS STORM.
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.
BOND IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-CRAWFORD MO-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN MO-
GREENE IL-IRON MO-JEFFERSON MO-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN MO-MACOUPIN IL-
MADISON MO-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-RANDOLPH IL-
REYNOLDS MO-ST. CHARLES MO-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WARREN MO-WASHINGTON MO-
WASHINGTON IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...ST. CHARLES...
ST. LOUIS AND UNION
431 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2004
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO MONDAY
EVENING...
A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SLEET IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON MONDAY.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2004
...POTENTIAL FOR MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA STARTING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY...
.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL FORM OVER NORTHERN TEXAS DURING THE
PREDAWN HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING AND BEGIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD
SUNDAY EVENING. AS WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IS
DRAWN NORTHWARD BY THIS STORM...IT WILL RIDE UP OVER TOP OF THE COLD
AIR WHICH HAS BEEN ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
DAYS. AS A RESULT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE THE PRIMARY
CONCERNS WITH THIS STORM. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY
IN THE FORECAST. THE WARM MOIST FLOW FROM THE SOUTH MAY BE ENOUGH
TO PUSH THE COLD AIR FAR ENOUGH NORTH THAT PORTIONS OF THE AREA MAY
NOT SEE MUCH FROZEN OR FREEZING PRECIPITATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR
UPDATES ON THIS STORM.
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.
BOND IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-CRAWFORD MO-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN MO-
GREENE IL-IRON MO-JEFFERSON MO-JERSEY IL-LINCOLN MO-MACOUPIN IL-
MADISON MO-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-RANDOLPH IL-
REYNOLDS MO-ST. CHARLES MO-ST. CLAIR IL-ST. FRANCOIS MO-ST. LOUIS MO-
ST. LOUIS CITY MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WARREN MO-WASHINGTON MO-
WASHINGTON IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON...ST. CHARLES...
ST. LOUIS AND UNION
431 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2004
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO MONDAY
EVENING...
A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SLEET IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON MONDAY.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
