Winter Storm Warning

MIAMI-LINN KS-CASS-JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...RAYMORE... HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...WARRENSBURG...BUTLER... RICH HILL...CLINTON 428 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH LATE MORNING AND MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE NORTH OF A LA CYGNE KANSAS TO WARRENSBURG MISSOURI LINE...WITH THE HIGHEST ICE TOTALS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON TRAVEL. ICING IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO AVOID ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. BE CAREFUL IF YOU PLAN TO USE ALTERNATE SOURCES OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY IN YOUR HOME. OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA.