Reeds Spring, MO (65737) Weather Warnings

FLOOD WATCH

Warning Issue Date:

516 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN... CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...GREENE... HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MARIES... MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK... PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR...STONE... TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND AS A STORM SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LOWER ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AS WELL AS MAIN STEM RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ SCHAUMANN

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

Warning Issue Date:

915 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WHILE TEMPERATURES SLOWLY FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY DEVELOP WEST OF A CASSVILLE...TO BOLIVAR...TO VERSAILLES LINE BY NOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A GALENA...TO SPRINGFIELD TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS LINE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL MAY BE SWITCH TO RAIN AT TIMES. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OR LESS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME ICE ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME HIGHLY VARIABLE...WITH THE BULK OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OCCURRING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL IMPACT HIGHWAYS 54...60...65...AND 160 AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 44. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FOSTER