Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 941 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...LIGHT SNOW IMPACTING HIGHWAY 54 AND NORTH... .LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. A DUSTING UP TO ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES...CREATING BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES. THESE HAZARDS WILL OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM THAT IS NOW MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. BOURBON-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CEDAR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...WARSAW...COLE CAMP... VERSAILLES...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON 941 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO FLURRIES ACROSS BOURBON COUNTY KANSAS AND VERNON COUNTY MISSOURI. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 AM ACROSS ST. CLAIR AND CEDAR COUNTIES AND THEN TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON ACROSS BENTON...MORGAN AND HICKORY COUNTIES...TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING UP TO ONE INCH. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN ONE HALF MILE AND ONE MILE. * IMPACTS...THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ADVISES THAT DRIVERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. EXISTING MOISTURE ON AREA ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY BRIDGE DECKS AND OVERPASSES...MAY BECOME SLIPPERY AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. IN ADDITION STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND ALSO MAKE CLEARING OF ROADWAYS DIFFICULT. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE TEENS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.