WINTER STORM WARNING !!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!! [View All]

I am looking down the barrel of this!!!

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN WARM FROM RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES... SO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON THE GROUND WILL BE SLOWER TO OCCUR. HOWEVER ELEVATED SURFACES...SUCH AS POWER LINES...TREE BRANCHES AND BRIDGES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED POWER LINES AND POWER OUTAGES.

THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TURN COMPLETELY TO SNOW MID MORNING THURSDAY WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY FRIDAY MORNING.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS.

PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CAR IS WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.